Peruvian Family

Volunteering at Quellomayo

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October 21st 2012
The next part of my journey was to be completely different to what I had done so far. I headed to a place called Quellomayo, Quechua for yellow river. Quellomayo is located neat to Santa Teresa not far from Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu. Here I managed to land myself three weeks of volunteer work. I wanted to get off the beaten track and I can tell you what my journey to the farm definitely tol ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more